addendum N. /附加，补充/an addition or supplement. As an addendum to the minutes, let me point out that Susan

　　moved to appoint Kathy and Arthur to the finance committee.

　　addiction N. /瘾，依赖/compulsive, habitual need. His addiction to drugs caused his friends much grief.

　　addle V. /使变疯，腐坏/muddle; drive crazy; become rotten. This idiotic plan is confusing enough to addle

　　anyone. addled, ADJ.

　　address V. /发表(演讲)，处理，讨论/direct a speech to; deal with or discuss. Due to address the convention in July,

　　Brown planned to address the issue of low-income housing in his speech.

　　adept ADJ. /擅长于/expert at. She was adept at the fine art of irritating people. also N.

　　adhere V. /黏着/stick fast. I will adhere to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented. adhesion, N.

　　adherent N. /支持者，追随者/supporter; follower. In the wake of the scandal, the senator's one-time adherents quickly

　　deserted him.

　　adjacent ADJ. /邻近的，毗邻的/adjoining; neighboring; close by. Philip's best friend Jason lived only four houses down

　　the block, close but not immediately adjacent.

　　adjunct N. /无用的附加物/something added on or attached (generally nonessential or inferior). Although I don't

　　absolutely need a second computer, I plan to buy a laptop to serve as an adjunct to my desktop model.

　　admonish V. /警告，训斥/warn; reprove. He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways. admonition, N.

　　admonition N. /警告/warning. After the student protesters repeatedly rejected Chairman Deng's admonitions, the

　　government issued an ultimatum: either the students would end the demonstration at once or the soldiers would fire on the crowd.

　　adorn V. /装饰/decorate. Wall paintings and carved statues adorned the temple. adornment, N.

　　adroit ADJ. /熟练，有技巧/skillful. His adroit handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.

　　Word List 2 adulation-amend

　　adulation N. /奉承，恭维/flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men.

　　adulate,V.

　　adulterate V. /掺杂/make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to adulterate foods without

　　informing the buyer; when consumers learned that Beech-Nut had adulterated their apple juice by mixing it with water, they protested vigorously.

　　advent N. /到来，出现/arrival. Most Americans were unaware of the advent of the Nuclear Age until the news of

　　Hiroshima reached them.

　　adventitious ADJ. /偶然/accidental; casual. He found this adventitious meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.

　　adversary N. /对手/opponent. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his adversary.

　　adverse ADJ. /讨厌，敌意/unfavorable; hostile. The recession had a highly adverse effect on Father's investment

　　portfolio: he lost so much money that he could no longer afford the butler and the upstairs maid. adversity, N.

　　adversity N. /贫困，不幸/poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.

　　advocacy N. /支持，辩护/support; active pleading on something's behalf. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond

　　Tutu from his advocacy of the human rights of black South Africans.

　　advocate V. /辩护/urge; plead for. The abolitionists advocated freedom for the slaves. also N.

　　aerie N. /猛禽的窝/nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk). The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit

　　and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.

　　aesthetic ADJ. /审美的/artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful. The beauty of Tiffany's stained

　　glass appealed to Esther's aesthetic sense. aesthete, N.

　　affable ADJ. /平易近人的/easily approachable; warmly friendly. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was

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